NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi
Agency overview
Formed1 August 2008; 16 years ago (2008-08-01)
Preceding agencies
JurisdictionNew Zealand Government
HeadquartersVictoria Arcade, 50 Victoria Street, Wellington
Employees2,081[1]
Minister responsible
Agency executives
Websitewww.nzta.govt.nz

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA)[2] is a New Zealand Crown entity tasked with promoting safe and functional transport by land, including the responsibility for driver and vehicle licensing, and administering the New Zealand state highway network.[3] Waka Kotahi means 'one vessel' and is intended to convey the concept of "travelling together as one".[2]

  1. ^ Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency (28 October 2021). "Pūrongo ā-tau a Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency annual report" (PDF). Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Visual identity guidelines" (PDF). NZ Transport Agency. 23 October 2009. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2013. Our name is the NZ Transport Agency. Please don't spell out New Zealand or give 'the' a capital 'T'. Waka Kotahi is the Māori name [...] NZTA is our abbreviated name., superseded by "Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency Brand Manual" (PDF). 24 February 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2016. "Our name" section A.2 page 5
  3. ^ "Land Transport Management Amendment Act 2008". New Zealand Legislation. Parliamentary Counsel Office. Retrieved 10 December 2023.